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Two Legged Snakes
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Grady Harp
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TWO LEGGED SNAKES Multi-Modal Processing: A Quality Technique Used to Capacity Dr Ed Slack is a psychologist who understands communication far beyond the walls of his office practice. IN TWO LEGGED SNAKES: UNDERSTANDING AND HANDLING MANIPULATIVE PEOPLE he offers wise insights to the reader about how to avoid those fellow humans who would attempt to manipulate us into not only the way that we think, but the way that we decipher façades that lead to errors in judgment that in turn can lead to unhappy hook-ups and decisions. Starting his complexly illustrated book (a very wise choice for this informative guide), he states 'The greatest single factor determining your level of happiness and success is who you listen to and who you trust.' He then proceeds to inform us that his so named 'two-legged snakes' 'will sell you things you don't need, break your heart, steal from you with a smile, and garner your support for agendas that benefit them at ridiculous costs to you.' What follows is a very wise lesson peppered with hilarious examples as well as strong warnings of signs to watch for as two-legged snakes cross our paths. His chapter headings tell the goal of the book: Why two legged snakes have become such a problem; Types of two legged snakes (charmers, backstabbers, media maven, the decorated, the bilker, the bombast entertainer, etc); The apple biters: Types of two legged snake fans; Common two legged snake persuasion techniques; Two legged snake biting styles; Handling two legged snakes; The snakes in our heads. In combining his pungent ideas and enlightening ways of recognizing and avoiding his two legged snake types Slack uses copious well-drawn illustrations (by Donny Smutz, Sherard Jackson, and Patrick Schlafer) that drive the messages home. His book uses quotes from famous people to enhance and validate his teachings, such as Albert Einstein's 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' But in the end what this little volume offers is recognition about how we interact with those around us, and how to discern these who would lead us into situations we later regret. Slack also reminds us that in our own minds we carry the potential of behaving in two legged snake fashion and how to recognize these tendencies and correct them. This is a fun book to read - brief and well organized - while at the same time this is a manual for helping us deal with a phenomenon about which we never really knew existed! Grady Harp
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